Making Maps 9-27-18

Today in class we finished creating our world maps. I believe that this is important for kids to learn about the U.S. map because us as kids need to know how our world is and where everything is. I think this because if we do not know about our map and we want to travel somewhere and we do not know where places are and what country they are in then they will most likely get lost. In my opinion I liked the activity that we did in class with the maps. I like it because I learned where the International Date Line is located. Also, I learned where the Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer were located. Lastly, I learned where my country of origin is located at, and that was Germany. I never knew where Germany was located but after searching it up I found out. In conclusion, I liked the activity that we did because it taught me a lot about the world.

Class Notes 9-26-18

• Geographic Grid is a system of imaginary arcs drawn in a grid pattern on Earth's surface
• Meridian's- Longitude-N to S, poles, Prime Meridian
• Parallels-Latitude- E to W- Equator
• Every point on the earth can be measured precisely by points of latitude and longitude intersection
• Further accuracy can be found by dividing each degree into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds
• The Earth is a sphere divided into 360 degrees of longitude
• GMT is located at the Prime Meridian
• Divide 360 degrees by 24 times zones=15 degrees. Each time zone is 15 degrees wide
• International Date Line is located at 180 degrees longitude
• IDL is the point where you move the clock back 24 hours, if heading East
• IDL is the point where you move the clock forward 24 hours, if heading West

Class Discussion 9-25-18

In my opinion they should have changed the time zones to being the same everywhere. I believe this because if every place on the earth had the same time then when leaders of other countries wanted to meet, they don't have to see where to meet and determine what time it is there before they can meet. They can just determine a place and a time quickly. Another reason is with national television, such as sporting events, the TV can just determine a general time to play games and televise them to the whole country. My final reason is when the first map was created, why would you not just keep time the same across the whole world and make it easier on everyone else. It would especially help during traveling because if you flying to California from Maryland why should you have to look at what time it is there because their time is different. In conclusion, I think that the whole world should revolve around the same time.

Class Discussion 9-20-18

Today in class we discussed how some people think that we should replace the Mercator Map with the Peters Map. In my opinion I think that we should replace it but at the same time I don't because we have learned the Mercator Map our whole lives. One reason that I think we should replace the Mercator with the Peters map is because on the Peters map the countries and continents are disoriented I size. For example on the Mercator map they make Greenland look like it is half of Africa and bigger than Australia. When in reality Greenland is 14 times smaller than Africa and smaller than Australia. I think that we should switch to the Peters map but it would be difficult for everyone because they grew up learning the Mercator map.

Feelings About Test

Todays test in my opinion was on the easier side. I like the way that it was structured and how we only had to do one of the essays. It was my first test in this class so I wanted to do my best on it and I feel like I did. I do feel like I got some of the questions mixed up and I hope that the bonus question makes up for it. I do feel like I did good on the short answer and essay questions because the essay was pretty easy and most of the short answer questions were easier. But I also felt that I didn't do that well on the essay but I think that it is just in my head and that I am thinking too much. Anyways I hope that I did well on it.

Reason for Absence

Today 9-14-18 I was absent from class because of an early dismissal at 1:50 for an away football game.

Class Discussion 9-13-18

In class today we talked about wether or not we thought Socrates should be proven guilty or not. In my mind I think that he should have been proven guilty. I believe this because in Athen or any city-state there is certain beliefs that you are basically required to follow. One belief that they make you believe is that the sun is a flaming carriage that is being pulled across the sky by Achilles the greek god. So when Socrates told people that their beliefs were not correct the Greek government thought that he was corrupting the minds of the children and citizens. The main thing that Socrates was charged with was "Corruption of The Minds of Children in Athens." This is why I think that Socrates should be proven guilty. Once he was proven guilty he has sentenced to death by drinking poison Hemlock and died in about an hour. One interesting thing about this is that he was given a chance to escape but he refused to because ehe wanted to show his loyalty to the Athenian Government.

Class Notes 9-12-18

Imbecility-incapability, feebleness, stupidity
Stenographer-a person who takes dictation in shorthand
Missive-a letter, especially a long or official one

Arete-excellence of any kind, the act of living up to one's full potential
Highest human potential is knowledge, the highest human knowledge is knowledge about knowledge itself, involves all abilities available to humans

Agora-a meeting place in Greece where important meetings were held.
Polis-politic entities ruled by citizens
Importance of 508 B.C.-birth year of democracy
Socrates-warrior, stonemason, battlefield experienced, and a teacher
Dictator-Leader, no citizen influence
Pharoh-Ruler/Leader, no citizen influence
Greek-Democracy, lead by citizens

Class Notes 9-10-18

In todays lesson I learned that "A Message To Garcia" was written in March of 1899, and it was made into a pamphlet and a book that was super popular. Also, I learned that there were over 40 million copies sold, and that it was made in 37 different languages. Next, it was made into a movie two times and starred one of the most popular actresses at the time, but there was no women that was mentioned in the passage. In addition, I learned what roles everyone was in the passage, I learned that Garcia was a revolutionary against Cuba, Rowen was an Army officer and McKinley was the 25th president of the United States. Finally, that perihelion means "the point when a planet is the closest to the sun," and that slipshot means to be "careless, or lackadaisical." In conclusion, I learned that "A Message To Garcia" was a very popular passage and that it was shared a lot across the world.

A Message To Garcia

My interpretation of "A Message To Garcia" by Elbert Hubbard is that communication is key. This is because it was in the time of Spanish American War and in any war communication is a major part. I feel like this speaks to me for my first couple days to school because I need to communicate and talk more. I was even told this in my retreat and orientation by teachers and upperclassmen. Not necessarily to talk more but to join clubs and activities and get involved with clubs in my freshman year. I also learned that Garcia was not easy to find and there was one man that was said to be "guaranteed" to find him. This mans name was Rowen and he was told to deliver a message to Garcia so he carried this message in an oil-skin pouch and close to his heart. But there was one problem, there was no man named Garcia that was alive . This is why communication was key, if the word got spread the he had died then then Rowen wouldn't have had to go on this trip to find Garcia. After reading this I learned that communicating is key in everything and that if we didn't communicate we would crash.

My First Day

My first day at John Carroll was interesting. This was because it was only my second time in the school with my schedule and I did not know where anything was. Walking up and down the stairs constantly, back and fourth the hallways and copying down all the stuff I needed to do or get for class. Most importantly getting to class on time, this was because all of my classes mentioned something about getting to class on time and what the consequences would be if I were late. All I know was that it was nothing like middle school or what I heard about public high schools from my friends that went there. I was expecting to walk into class and the teacher just give us a syllabus, introduce themselves and tell us about themselves and then go over what we would do in the whole school year. But that was nothing what it was like, I walked in and we went straight in to class. In conclusion my first day was nothing like what I had expected.